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'Who's Who in Persia (Volume III) Arabistan, Luristan, Isfahan & Bakhtiari' [16r] (36/62)
The record is made up of 1 volume (27 folios). It was created in 1923. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Jang) and left Isfahan in December 1918.
Appointed
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
1921-22. Old and stupid. [Very,
religious.
MANSUR KHAN.—Is the son of Mulla Abdul Saiyid,
adviser to Shaikh Sultan in Ahwaz. He himself acted as
private Secretary to Shaikh Sultan. He is known to
be a keen intriguer and politician, and was refused a
post in the S. P. R. because of his previous bad
character. At present he is in the service of the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Pusht-i-Kuh.
MEFATEH-UD-MULK (Saji) .—Appointed Governor of
Arabistan in August 1918. Professes good will
towards the British but is said to have worked against
British nominees. Karguzar at Baghdad, 1920-22,
but is now living in Teheran. Dismissed from Baghdad
on complaint being made by British High Commissioner
of his disgraceful conduct.
MEHDI QULI KHAN.—Captain in the Gendarmerie af
Isfahan in 1915. Military chief of the Turkish MissioU
in Teheran in 1916.
MIAZA SULEIMAN KHAN.—Governor of Yezd, August
1922, a noted " Democrat."
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The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume III) Arabistan, Luristan, Isfahan & Bakhtiari , compiled by the General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes connected with those regions in 1922.
It also includes a genealogical tree for the Bakhtiari Chiefs (folio 10).
The volume was published by the Government Central Press, Simla, 1923.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (27 folios)
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The biographical entries are arranged in alphabetical order from front to back, with cross-references where required.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 29; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Who's Who in Persia (Volume III) Arabistan, Luristan, Isfahan & Bakhtiari'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:28v, back-i
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